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Originally Posted by Paul Miletus
The nature and result of the tree of life are both life because it is a tree of life. But the nature and result of the tree of knowledge of good and evil are both death because knowledge, good, and evil are all of death and bring in death. Anything that is not life is of death and results in death. Actually, the tree of knowledge of good and evil is the tree of death; yet it is not called the tree of death, but the tree of knowledge of good and evil. Death is not only behind evil; it is also behind knowledge and good. The title of the tree of knowledge of good and evil is subtle because Satan always likes to conceal himself. Satan has the power of death (Heb. 2:14). Since the tree of knowledge of good and evil is actually the tree of death, it signifies Satan.
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Herein lies the problem: death is not the result of the tree - there is nothing that proves it. Death was the result of disobedience, and the Word is clear about this.
For as by one's man's disobedience many were made sinners... (Rom. 5:19). Death cannot be the nature of the tree of knowledge, because 1) it was planted by God, and God is not a source of death, 2) the tree was good for food (Gen. 3:6).